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Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and politics: Baseball and the real world collide more often than we think
Read full article: Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and politics: Baseball and the real world collide more often than we thinkSince the game’s early days, baseball mythology has been constructed — often deliberately — to set itself apart.
Trump invoked all corners of American history. How might he use them to build his new 'Golden Age'?
Read full article: Trump invoked all corners of American history. How might he use them to build his new 'Golden Age'?In summoning people to his vision for the future, Donald Trump assembled a dizzying collage of time-honored and time-worn American myths, tropes and ideals.
From Carter's funeral, an American snapshot: A singular image, 5 presidents, 379 years of history
Read full article: From Carter's funeral, an American snapshot: A singular image, 5 presidents, 379 years of historyInside Washington National Cathedral, the five men who've occupied the Oval Office since 1993 convened for a rare moment together at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral.
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: As Olympics ebb, smartphone synchronicity
Read full article: BEIJING SNAPSHOT: As Olympics ebb, smartphone synchronicityAs part of the closing ceremony for the most locked-down and sequestered Olympics in human history, a carefully curated crowd watched as the famed Bird’s Nest stadium as a warm and humanistic show unfolded.